Season Of Shred '17 a massive success

The final numbers are in and the Atlas team are proud to announce our Season Of Shred fundraiser raised $6870 for our Queenstown Mountain Bike Club! 

One more HUGE shout out to everyone who helped us pull this off. Hope everyone is happily and safely shredding our local trails this summer!

2017/2018 Season Of Shred is officially here

Heaps of prize winners!

On Saturday December 9, we kicked off summer with the Season Of Shred (SOS) which means Queenstown mountain biking season is officially here!

After what seemed like a month of straight sunshine, last summer's weather decided to creep around again for what made for a damp start to our SOS party. Luckily the Through The Loop Enduro riders had already come through the finish line with Eva Dethlefsen winning the women's category and Reece Potter taking out the men's open. Awesome job goes to Jimmy Pollard and Quentin Kenning for their organisation of the race. 

It was a great call to get a new, huge marquee in time for this year's event as it became the central hub of thirsty and hungry attendees soaking in a variety of beef, lamb, chicken, pork and vegetarian tacos as well as Emerson, Altitude, Crimson Badger, and Boundary Road beers on tap.

Queenstown riders being legends as usual rode through the rain for the Vertigo Huckathon. Judges heckled their mates riding and gave out prizes for the Best Whip, Best Goon Style and Best Trick. We also heard Mr Kepler Rek still owes a Mr Jake Hood $100 cash for a manual down mini dream. 

Eventually the sun came out and spirits rose as bit more. Thousands of dollars of prizes were given away care of all our amazing sponsors. The grand prize being a brand new Kona Operator from yours truly, Atlas Beer Cafe, and the GC's at Bikeaholic. A silent auction was also held for those highly sought after prizes, such as the first Bell Super DH helmet in the country care of Bell and Worralls. As usual, all the proceeds from the event go to to our Queenstown Mountain Bike Club.

Shoutout to Bad News for rocking us through the night with their groovy covers. A mosh pit ensued in typical Queenstown mountain bike scene style.

Massive thank you again to all our sponsors, riders, trail builders, staff, volunteers, to Fraser Gordon for his MC work, Callum Wood and Zack Faulkner for their photography skills and everyone who turned up and braved the rain to help us kick off our Season Of Shred in style! We truly could not do it without you all. 

Ride hard and see you at Atlas soon!

Craig Munro getting a cheer on from Emmerson Wilken

Vertigo Huckathon judges Kep, Pang & Jimmy

Prizes galore care of our epic sponsors!

'Bad News' belting out the bangers 

Our new raffle box to draw prize winners from

Some of the spectators watching the local riders whip off

Trail maintenance in action 

Emmerson Wilken with a clicked table 

Happy, muddy riders Jamie Fenning & Jake Hood 

Mandy Horan, the winner of the grand prize 2017 Kona Operator, with sponsors of the prize, 
Matt Weir from Bikeaholic, and managers of Atlas Wesley McAllister and Lindsey Francis 

'Bad News' getting the crowds up and moshing

Atlas Bike Convention Season Ender Party Success

One more excuse to celebrate another epic season of shredding in Queenstown, take a rest for winter and welcome the snow. No excuses needed to raise some money for our local QMTBC! Thanks to everyone who came out for a massively successful night and fun times!!!

The crew at Atlas want to let you know that we've raised a whopping $3,045 for the Queenstown Mountain Bike Club with our season ender party this year!

We couldn't do it without our ever supportive and amazing sponsors. You're all absolute legends and we want to give you all a HUGE shout out:

Skyline Queentown, Outside Sports, Altitude Brewing, Queenstown Snow Transport, G-Force Paragliding, Bikeaholic, Emerson's Brewing, Coopers Brewery, Zeffer, Tuatara Brewing, Gibbston Valley Wines, White Tiger Tattoo, Big Night Out Queenstown, Bidvest, Torpedo 7, Accor Queenstown, Steamer Wharf, Farelli's Trattoria, Through The Lens, Domaine-Thomson, Cardrona Alpine Resort, Body Sanctum, Onsen Hot Pools, Tom Tom Productions, Treasury Wine Estates, Outdoor World, Small Planet, Queenstown Rafting, Canyon Swing, Southern Discoveries, Lululemon, Alta Queenstown, NZ Mountain Film & Book Festival, Cargo Brewery and Peterpans.

Also a big thank you to GC Fraser Gordon for keeping you entertained as MC all night long and Callum Wood for his epic photography skills! Check out the rest on our Facebook page.

 

Atlas Bike Convention season ender party!

Time again to celebrate the end of an epic summer season and welcome the winter snow. Now (appropriately) renamed the Atlas Bike Convention (ABC), we review the season over some drinks, good food, footage of our adventures, great friends, banter and as always – made possible by our amazing sponsors – massive prizes!!!

This year the Atlas Bike Convention will be held on May 15, following Queenstown Mountain Bike Club's 'League of Gentlemen Fancy Dress' mega-train (mega-train is weather permitting). The party starts at 5pm – don't be shy to come rocking your mega-train attire.

As usual, we'll be expanding into neighbouring Farelli's Trattoria so that there's plenty of room for everyone to come down and enjoy themselves. Emerson's, Tuatara, and Zeffer are continuing their support of this good cause. All proceeds from the mega raffle are donated to the GC's at QMTBC. More support means more trails to enjoy! 

The prize list keeps on growing. So far, we can confirm: 

• Return flights to Vancouver, BC, Canada to test your skills on Rocky Mountain soil.
• 2016/2017 Skyline seasons pass, plus gondola & luge rides from QMTBC.
• G Force paragliding flights.
• Queenstown Snow Transport.
• Queenstown Rafting vouchers.
• Prizes from Altitude and Surveyor Thomson.
• Torpedo 7 bike gear.
• Bikeaholic bike stand.
• White Tiger Tattoo voucher.
• Canyon Swing Flying Fox ride.
• Southern Discoveries Milford Sound cruise.

The raffle starts at 8pm so be sure to grab your raffle tickets – on sale now at Select, Bikeaholic and of course at Atlas. 

2 for $5, 5 for $10, 12 for $20

Mark it in your calendars and come celebrate with us!

SOS Party

Summer is nearly here, which means warm weather, sunshine, beers, biking, and – most importantly – the Season Of Shred party! Atlas is hosting its annual SOS fundraiser for the QMTBC (Queenstown Mountian Bike Club) so please continue to read so you don’t miss out!!

SAVE THE DATE

When: Saturday, November 21, 4-11pm

Where: The Wynyard Jump Park 

Why: Because we're GC's 

DETAILS

• Atlas will have a special licensed area serving Altitude Beer on tap from 4pm.
• The BBQ will be fired up from 4pm and food will be available all night.
• Queenstown Bike Taxi will be running FREE shuttles from the One Mile car park between 4 and 6pm, so all you avid bikers can lap the DH track for a couple of hours.
• A Jump Jam with heaps of talented riders will start at 4pm.
• At 7pm the Vertigo Huckathon kicks off for best trick and whip off competition.
• The DJ will be on the decks from 5pm.
• Local band Rules Of Addiction will hit the stage at 8pm.

RAFFLE

This would not be an Atlas party without a massive raffle with a TON of prizes to give away! We start the prize-giving at 6pm and continue throughout the night. 

This is what you could win:

• A 2016 Kona Process 153 bike donated by Bikeaholic and Atlas Beer Cafe.
• A trip for two to Crankworx Rotorua 2016. 

(Flights.  | Entry into all Crankworx events. | 2 x 40 mtb uplift pass and 2 x 5 luge rides with Skyline Rotorua. | An activity package with Peterpans including Quad-biking, Zorbing and Rafting. | Family voucher to Hells Gate mud spa. | 20 shuttles with South Star Shuttles. | Food and drink vouchers at the Novotel. | Food and drink vouchers to Abracadabra Café)

• 2 x full van and driver hire with Queenstown Bike Taxis $1200.
• Mountain bike season pass up Skyline $800.
• 7-night spa hire with Spa Hire Queenstown $555.
• 2 x day bike pass, 3 x day ski pass @ Cardrona $474.
• 2 x scenic heli flights with Heliline $470.
• 2 x rafting vouchers with Queenstown Rafting $438.
• $400 tattoo voucher at White Tiger + Merchandise.
• Beauty and the bike mechanic for you and 2 mates, with beverages from Outside Sports.
• Vouchers for Gibbston Valley $300.
• Fishing trip for 2 with Fishing Charters $300.
• Makita site radio from Carters $250.
• 5 x 1-year subscriptions to Spoke Magazine and merchandise.
• Chiropractor/physio/acupuncture and massage vouchers with Queenstown Health. 
• 2 x adult double passes to Farm Jam 2016.
• Product from ODI, Juice Lubes and Stan's NoTubes from Wide Open.
• 2 x hot pools at Onsen.
• Garments from Mons Royale.
• 1 x Ledge Bungy from AJ Hackett.

This is a free event for all the community to enjoy! Raffle tickets will be sold at Atlas two weeks before the event starting Friday, November 6. To win the top 3 prizes you DO NOT have to be at the party, however you MUST answer your phone if we call you! All other prizes will be raffled off to winners in the crowd!

Raffle tickets are 1 for $5, 3 for $10, 8 for $20 or 20 for $50

WHY DO WE DO THIS? 

The Queenstown Mountain Bike Club is host to over a 1000 members yearly. They are highly dedicated to building and maintaining local trails, hosting special events and most importantly bringing the biking community together as one. The QMTBC does so much for the community, and Atlas wants to continue to get behind and support the club as much as we can! We know our ongoing support of QMTBC definitely gives them that extra helping hand when it comes to their fundraising and growth.

We can not forget to give a big shout out and thank you to Ronnie Baker for all our design, Brandland for all our printing and Tom Tom Productions for sights and sound up Wynyard! GCs! 

Help us kick off summer and celebrate the Atlas Season of Shred Party and raise a ton of dough for the awesome Queenstown Mountain Bike Club. 

See you all November 21!

SOS T-SHIRTS

It has been an annual tradition that QMTBC has made up specialized Atlas SOS T-shirts. There is a limited supply, so get your special edition Tee asap. They will be on sale at Atlas and Bikeaholic from Friday November 6 for $30! You'll be the black sheep at the party if you are NOT wearing one!

Emerson's Dollar Donations for Queenstown Mountain Bike Club

Richard Emerson gets involved

Throughout October and also into November we donated one dollar from every pint of Emerson's sold to QTMBC for Wynyard Bike Park. 

Thanks to everyone who bought some Emerson's and also big thanks to the fantastic folk at Emerson's for donating a few extra kegs to the cause. Together we raised a total of $5461 for the club.